Decentralization and Local Government: Danish-Polish Comparative Study

by Jerzy Regulski

Overview

This book compares the systems of local government in Poland and Denmark. It discusses the general structure of government in the countries and the history behind their development, and focuses on the implications of decentralization for local economic management and for physical planning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887387302
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/1988
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, PREFACE THE LOCATION OF DECISION MAKING, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 1. THE PRINCIPLES OF OWNERSHIP, CHAPTER 2. THE POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM, CHAPTER 3. THE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ON WHICH LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS DEVELOPED, CHAPTER 4. CONTROLS OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHAPTER 5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE, CHAPTER 6. INSTRUMENTS OF ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY, CHAPTER 7. THE SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL POLICY, CHAPTER 8. LAND-USE PLANNING, CHAPTER 9. THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE, CHAPTER 10. CASE STUDIES, CHAPTER 11. SOME IMPLJCATIONS OF DECENTRALIZATION, CHAPTER 12. LOCAL GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SYSTEMS, AND DECENTRALIZATION: CONCLUDING REMARKS, EPILOGUE CENTRAL/LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS: RESEARCH IN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES